Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Polaris enters HSCL2 Finals with complete domination

Match Summary:
Date: 24-Dec-2011
Ground: NFC Sports Club
Teams: Polaris vs ZenTech
Toss won by - 'ZenTech' and opted for fielding.

Polaris Innings:
It's a green top wicket having over night dew by the time match was started. Good toss to win by ZenTech and rightly opted for fielding first. 'Polaris' openers(Susheel & Praveen) started the innings keeping the conditions in view. Both have good understanding between them, while Praveen taking the charge..Susheel kept rotating the strike. They scored 28 runs in the first power play. Later, there were few(3) good overs bowled by 'Zentech' with the introduction of Ram into attack. 'Polaris' crossed 50 runs mark in the 8th over of the innings. The aggressive innings of Praveen(28 runs in 20 balls) has come to an end with a good work by 'ZenTech' bowler making him runout. Susheel & Praveen scored 54 runs for the first wicket. Another wicket gone for 'Polaris' in the 10th over when 'Ram' dismissed 'Madhu'. 'Polaris' were 63/2 after 10 overs. There, Ratna joined with Susheel and Susheel took the game under his control. Susheel played some tremendous shots and while Ratna(14 runs) picking up the gaps well. 'Polaris' was in a good position with 110/2 at 15 overs and expecting to score more runs with the wickets in hand. Now, it was the turn of 'Ram' of 'Zentech' who not only stopped runs but, took 2 wickets each in his last 2 overs(16th & 18th). Ram, so far had a wonderful tournament with the ball. Finished his five-wicket hall (5/10 in 4 overs) which includes well settled Susheel's wicket too. Susheel(62 runs in 54 balls) scored another half-century in the tournament. Ram was well supported by Suman(2/29 runs in 4 overs) from the other end, who took 2 wickets and did an excellent runout in his follow thru. At that stage, 'Polaris' was into trouble having score 123/9. But, Arun(10 runs) took most of the strike and added 17 valuable runs for last wicket ensuring no further loss to the team. Finally , 'Polaris' managed to score 140/9 in 20 overs .

ZenTech Innings:
As mentioned earlier, still there was a little bit of green grass remained after an innings. The two quickies of 'Polaris', Degula & Arun made use of the wicket and gave a brilliant start to the team. Both were exceptional and literally unplayable in the initial overs. By the time batsmen realized the situation, damage was done. The process went in this way...Degula took the wicket for the first ball of the innings and 'ZenTech' were 0/1 after first over. 2nd over was bowled by Arun and his in-swinging deliveries dominated the batsmen and he took 3 wickets in that dream over. 'ZenTech' were 6/4 after 2 overs and all those runs coming in extras. In the 3rd over, Degula took 2 more wickets..one being a beautiful catch taken by Madhu in the first slip. 'ZenTech' were 11/6 after the 3rd over. Srinivas and Shiva steadied the innings for some time before Shiva(10 runs) was made out by Arun in his last over of the spell. Ratna and Chandra were into bowling attack(both didn't played after the 4th league match) and onto target right from the beginning. Ratna took a wicket in the 9th over..stumped made by Susheel. Suman chipped in with few runs(10) before being bowled by Chandra. Chandra closed the 'ZenTech' innings by taking the wicket of Srinivas..who stayed at the wicket for long time and played(18 runs) a respectable innings. Once again, Arun led the bowling department from front with his excellent bowling(4/11 in 4 overs) and equally supported by Degula(3/11 in 3 overs), followed by Chandra(2/11 in 2.1 overs) and Ratna (1/19 in 4 overs). 'ZenTech ' were allout for 58 runs in 14.1 overs.

First of all credit goes to the 'Polaris' opening batting pair (Susheel & Praveen) for giving a much deserved start for the team on a lush green wicket. Next, to the opening bowling pair who turned the match in almost no time to their team side by sticking to the basics and fully using the new ball. Ram of 'ZenTech' is also terrific with ball which made 'Polaris' to loose 7 wickets just for 13 runs in a span of 3.3 overs.

'Polaris' won the match by 82 runs.

Arun won the 'Man of the match' for his outstanding bowling performance(4/11 in 4 overs) and handy in batting (10 runs n.o) too.

IBM reaches HSCL2 Finals with a super over

Match Summary:
Date: 24-Dec-2011
Ground: NFC Ground, ECIL.
Teams: IBM Vs Wipro ( Semi-finals)

Wipro won the toss and opted to bat first. Sree and Mehul opened the innings. Narein and Sai started off the IBM bowling attack. Captain Sree was the first one to be dismissed in 3rd ball when he tried to play a ball to onside,closing the phase of bat early which took a leading edge which went straight into the hands of player at cover region. With some extras and byes wipro could manage to score 17 runs in 1st over.Otherend Sai bowled his first spell to perfection by conceding 7 runs in 3 overs with 1 wicket of Ramakanth. Debut bowler Pavan bowled meticulously( 13 runs in 4 overs) with variation in pace and tight line.
The Duo Rajesh(25 runs) and Manish steadied the innings for few overs.( 55/3 in 10 overs). Just when rajesh was looking good with his bat, he was given LBW out for a pullshot where the ball kept little low than he anticipated hitting his right thigh.
Veteran leg break bowler "Madhav" who took 2 quick wickets in his 1st over caused some damage to wipro batting order at that stage
Manish who looked fluent in making 35 added some crucial runs in last overs and Wipro managed to get 27 runs in last 3 overs. and overall scoring 127/8 in 20 Overs.

With target as 128 on board,'IBM'couldnt start well as they lost their in-form batsman "Aquib" in 1st over who was bowled out to Left Arm pace bowler "Ganga". 1 down batsman 'Raju' was also unlucky as he was caught out by 'Ramakanth' who took a brilliant catch in covers. Next set of the batsmans who tried to score some runs couldnt manage to keep the score board ticking and were sent back to pavilion early.
Skipper savi who tried to go for some shots was caught out at gully region scoring 13 runs. some good overs bowled by Ganga ,Gopal, Arun restricted IBM batsmans to score any boundaries at that stage (35/5 in 10 overs). It was apparent to the spectators that match will be won by Wipro.
It was left hand batsman'Pavan' who changed the course of the game with some big hits and well timed shots over cover region, provided some entertainment to the crowd. He was well supported by batsmans Goverdhan, sidharth. IBM were (71/6 in 15 overs). IBM had to score 56 runs in 30 balls with 4 wickets remaining.
"Pavan" who scored useful 40 runs in 26 balls was bowled out by 'Arun'.
Wipro still had an edge over victory but hopes were dashed off when batsmans 'sher' and 'Naren' who took some quick singles converting 1's into 2's Plus some extras, which kept Wipro team under pressure.
Catch drop of "Sher" by rajesh at long on proved costly for wipro. IBM had to score 12 runs in final over and bowler Sahoo bowled couple of wide deliveries, Batsman "Sher" connected every ball well, both naren and Sher took risky singles with good running between the wickets and IBM had to score 3 runs in last 1 ball.
"Sher" hit the last ball towards the cover region and after slight misfield by fielder 2nd run was taken quickly, finally scores were equal. Commendable performance at the end by "Sher" and "Naren" who kept their whole hearted efforts to make IBM win.

As the scores were leveled,Umpires decided for super over and IBM had to bat first. Wipro Left Arm Pacer 'Ganga'who bowled good spell in the entire match, struggled little with his line and gave some extras in initial deliveries "Aquib" smashed couple of deliveries to boundary on the square legside and at other end "Pavan" who was in good form rotated strike, giving chance to "Aquib" to score the maximum. IBM finally scored 18 runs in 1 over.

With target 19 on board, Wipro batsmans "Ramakanth" and "Mohit" were sent to crease. IBM team decided to handover the charge to "Pavan", who bowled couple of wide balls initially and wipro batsmans could manage to just take singles every ball.

IBM won the match comprehensively with 11 runs
This is 8th win for IBM over 9 matches played so far in HSCL-2.
"Pavan" was adjudged as "Man of Match" for his allround performance.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

NCR finished HSCL2 with style.

Match Summary:
Date: 18-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: NCR Vs Siemens

Siemens Batting: 113/9 in 20 overs.
NCR opened the bowling attack witha magical spell from Suryavir in-swinging & out-swinging the ball this time round making the batsman think twice before attempting to play.Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery hitting the mid-wicket getting the Siemens opener bowled.Sandeep who stepped in-next didn't last long and was bowled for an excellent delivery by Kranthi where the bail flew near to 30yrd circle. Manish who stepped played diligently and slowly started to build the partnership.However,he didn't last long and was run out for an excellent throw from Venkata Subbaiah from Square Leg when he attempted for a tight second run.Tulasi didn't last long and was out for a full toss for an easy catch to Keeper.
Vignesh who stepped in-next continued to support to Nayeem(Opener) who played the anchor role putting odd balls to boundaries. They started to build the partnership and kept the scoreboard ticking.Siemens were at 80/4 at the end of 15 overs.Suryavir was brought back to attack and took his second wicket of Nayeem(36 runs) with a spectacular catch from Sateesh at mid-wicket. Azhar & Vignesh continued to rotate the strike and Azhar giving a "go" at the balls. However,Vignesh was run-out due to improper calling for a well made 28 runs.NCR bowler's didn't allow the Siemens tail-enders to open-up and made Siemens work hard to score. Siemens managed to score a respectable total of 113/9 at the end of 20 overs.There were 4 runouts in the Siemens innings and some good catches taken from NCR fielding department giving only 13 extras off 20 overs was an exceptional performance.

NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 3/11(4 overs) & Kranthi - 1/19(4 overs) were impressive.

NCR Batting: 114/6 in 14.3 overs.

Game Plan:-
========= NCR huddle has come-up with a Strategy to go for "Victory" ----> Semis which require chasing down the total in ~10 overs. This would be as a result of "Tie" in Points with ZenTech where "NRR" comes into picture for deciding the Semis Qualifier for 4th Position.
NCR opened the innings with Srujan and Sateesh with Srujan taking the strike.The first ball was a boundary literally knocking the doors of "Semis" Compartment.It was the strategy to go after the bowling in the Initial 5 overs to fetch as many runs as possible. The very next ball was a wicket where the ball kept low and Srujan was Plumb in-front. Uday who stepped in-next started playing on Gear-3 right from the beginning where NCR hut started to Smell "Semis" berth........
Sateesh too did hit few boundaries respecting the good balls.His little cameo came to end when he was bowled for a fullish delivery from Azhar.Sateesh scored 16 runs(3 fours).Uday didn't step down the gear and continued to accelerate in the same manner.His Sweep shot six of Nayeem's bowling which went high and also covered enough territory clearing the deep mid-wicket was treat watching. He decided to go after the bowling;however he couldn't succeed to clear the second time and was caught at long-on. Uday scored 35 runs(4 fours 1 six) off just 19 balls.There were hopes of finishing the match within 10 overs & NCR started to believe they are "through" when Uday was going after the Siemens attack.
NCR was 57/3 at the end of 7 overs. Kranthi stepped in-next was out of the very second ball plumb in-front.Pradeep stepped in-next to keep the scoring rate high as NRR will be decider for the match.Pradeep and Reddy were at crease to win the match for NCR as quickly as possible.Reddy was plumb in-front of the very second ball and NCR was at 71/5 at the end of 9 overs. Naveen C who stepped in at 6th wicket played sensibly and continued to support Pradeep to win the match for NCR.Naveen C and Pradeep put up a good partnership for 6th wicket and took NCR almost home with ample overs remaining. Pradeep tried to clear the fence of Nayeem's bowling to finish the formalities for NCR and was caught at deep mid wicket.Pradeep scored 18 runs(2 fours; 1 six). Prasad stepped in next to finish the winning runs for NCR and Naveen C remained not out with a well made 20 runs(2 fours).

Result: NCR won the match by 4 wickets.

Man of the Match: Nayeem from Siemens for scoring 36 runs and claiming 1 wicket.

Even though NCR won the match against Siemens the "NET RUN RATE" was not good enough to overtake "ZenTech".
ZenTech & NCR stood at 12 points and ZenTech occupied the 4th slot with slightly better NRR compared to NCR.
Zen Players watched the match closely and relaxed only after the 10th over. :-)

Hence the Semis matches for HSCL-II are Polaris Vs. Zen ; IBM Vs. Wipro

Trianz,Siemens will occupy the 6th & 7th Slots and Honeywell at the bottom with 4 points.

It was 0.45 NRR which made the difference between the 4th slot and 5th slot.

NCR finished the HSCL-II in 5th slot and accolades from HSCL Management and also the Umpires regarding the Spirit Shown on-field, Commitment and Cricketing attitude.NCR was considered as best bowling team where appreciations given from all HSCL Participant teams.
It was NCR's first participation in HSCL and finished off in 5th position where it lost the "Semis" berth by 0.45 NRR."NCR was close yet so far". Congratulations for NCR Squad for putting up a great performance in all the 7 matches where it entered the Tournament as "Under dogs" and almost occupying the "Semis berth".........

NCR had sweet memories in HSCL-II w.r.t "Highest Successful run chase in HSCL History against Honeywell" ; "Last Ball Six against Wipro"; "Neck-to-Neck Semis-fight Successful Run Chase against Siemens". There were close matches with Trianz and Zen but NCR landed on other side of Victory & good fight with IBM & Polaris teams. NCR Bowler "Suryavir Singh" will grab the Orange Cap from NCR and will be in the list competing for the "Best Bowler of the Tournament" award for HSCL-II taking 15 wickets in just 6 matches which is an Outstanding Performance.NCR is becoming a Competitive team w.r.t Corporate Cricket Standards and will try to move further heights in next Edition of HSCL.

Congratulations to NCR Squad for Putting up a great show in HSCL-II & best wishes to NCR Cricket Club for HSCL-III starting in Feb. 2012 Season.

Polaris remained unbeaten

Match Summary:
Date: 17-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Trianz
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and opted for batting.

Polaris Innings:
'Polaris' openers gave a flying start by scoring 42 runs in first power play overs. But, Srikanth struck twice in the 5th over by dismissing Praveen(13 runs) and in-form Madhu. Susheel and Arun played cautiously and 'Polaris' were 73/2 after 10 overs. Both added 46 runs for the 3rd wicket before Hari bowled Arun(19 runs) in 13th over. Once again, Srikanth did some more damage in the 15th over where Polaris lost 2 more wickets(one being runout). 'Polaris' were struggling for runs at that moment..103/5 after 15 overs. Srikanth finished his dream spell(3/11). Susheel(50 runs in 48 balls) fell after his maiden half-century in the tournament and was brilliant in utilizing the opportunities in right way. Scored 8x4s in his valuable innings. Once Susheel departed, Jaweed's runs hunt started. Jaweed's blazing innings(24 runs in 18 balls) consisted of 3 fours and a six over mid-wicket fence. Sreedhar(1/27) and Hari(2/22) were impressive in bowling. Finally , 'Polaris' managed to score 151/9 in 20 overs .

Trianz Innings:
A quick start from 'Trianz' too by scoring 41 runs in 5 overs. Both, Sajith and Srikanth were fluent in stroke making and sent the ball to all corners of the ground. Especially, Srikanth looked dangerous but couldn't stand for long. His innings(34 runs in 21 balls) came to an end when stumped by Stalin in Praveen's bowling. Praveen took another wicket in his 2nd over leaving 'Trianz' at 68/2 after 10 overs. Sajith at other steadied the innings with Anand and continued it with Kalyan(after Anand was retired hurt for some time). Sajith played medium-pacers and spinners equally well and his foot work was very good throughout the innings. Kalyan(13 runs) hit a six over deep-mid wicket in Susheel's bowling but was bowled by him in next over. Then, Anand came back for batting and there, 'Trianz' requires 47 runs to win in last 5 overs having 7 wickets in hand. But, the 16th over bowled by Niranjan spoiled the hopes of Trianz as he made out both Sajith(30 runs with 5x4s) and Anand(16 runs with 3x4s) also conceded just 3 runs in that over. Having required run rate at 11 per over, Trianz batsmen tried their best by hitting the odd balls to boundaries. But, the runout of Shankar narrowed the chances of win for 'Trianz'. During the same time Arun collapsed Trianz innings by taking 4 wickets in a span of 9 balls. Arun led the bowling department from front with his excellent bowling(4/23 in 3.3 overs), followed by Niranjan(2/17 in 4 overs), Praveen(2/24 in 4 overs) and Susheel (1/27 in 4 overs). 'Trianz ' were allout for 134 runs in 19.3 overs.

Match is evenly poised till the end and a good fight from Trianz till the last ball. Match has seen some excellent individual performances from both the teams. Classic batting by Susheel & Sajith and powerful strokes from Srikanth & Jaweed. Couple of hits by Srikanth & Jaweed went miles out of the boundary. Also, wonderful bowling by Arun, Niranjan & Srikanth. Excellent catches taken by Srikanth, Mahesh & Susheel and a sparkling stump by Stalin. Polaris had a good match before the Semi-finals.

'Polaris' won the match by 17 runs.

Susheel earned 'Man of the match' for his brilliant batting( 50 runs), handy in bowling ( 1/27 in 4 overs ) too and took an excellent catch in the field.

Wipro makes it to Semis

Match Summary:
Date: 17-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Wipro vs Honeywell

Honeywell won the toss and chose to bowl first to use the morning dew and seaming conditions.
Sree and Mehul opened the innings for Wipro. Honeywell openers Sai and Lenin bowled to perfection, not giving away any runs in each of their first over by swinging the ball either way.
However from 3rd over Wipro took control and Sree hit a huge six and followed it up with a boundary. Mehul at other end also started hitting boundaries, by the end of 5th over, Wipro went into 30s. But in a space of few balls, both Mehul and Sree departed. It was turn of Rajesh and Sahoo to take control. Both took some clean singles and opened up after settling down. Sahoo hit a six followed it up with a beautiful boundary. Rajesh at other end was steady and continued his form, hitting odd boundary every now and then. Just like opening pair, both got out in few balls span and it was now turn of next pair, Dr.Gopal and Mohit to continue the innings. Dr.Gopal played some beautiful flicks. He top scored the innings with 21. Mohit at other end scored a clean 17 runs.
By the end of innings, Wipro had reached 130 runs. All top 6 batsmen made useful contributions of 15+ to 20 runs.

Ganga and Sree opened the bowling attack for Wipro. Chinni and Arun took guard from Honeywell in the run chase. Chinni got out to a beautiful direct hit from Jawahar in the second over of the innings. 1 down batsman also did not last long and holed out to long on in Sree’s bowling.
Then Arun joined with Raghavendra and both steadied the innings. They took calculated risks and ensured that Honeywell was well within the required rate.
But Wipro bowlers ensured that they did not give any easy boundaries and slowly built up the pressure on the required rate. In the quest of upping the run rate, Honeywell started losing wickets and was finally bowled out by 19th over.
Honeywell got all out for 95.

Dr.Gopal, Rajesh and Ganga picked up 2 wickets each. Arun and Sree picked up 1 wicket each.
With this win, Wipro became the third team to make it to Semi-Finals.

Dr.Gopal was adjudged Man of the Match for his contributions of 21 runs in Wipro innings and picked up 2 wickets in 4 over spell.

IBM finishes the league with style

Summary

IBM won the toss and chose to field first. As usual the bowlers got to their business in a clinical way. Narein and Sai started off with a good start and finished even better with figures 4-O, 25-R & 2Wkts and 4-O, 19-R & 2Wkts. When Zen started to settle a bit there came Madhav who spun the match out of their hands with a fantastic figures of 4-O, 12-R & 3-Wkts. IBM team did a good job in fielding as well including Wicket Keeping. Zen could manage to put up 111 runs with loss of 9 wkts in 20 overs.

IBM came in to bat and as usual the formidable opening pair got off to a flying start with Savi hitting 2 boundaries in the first over. Later followed the flamboyance of Aqeeb with flurry of boundaries. First wicket fell with Savi giving away his wicket, a simple return catch to the bowler, 26(20 Balls), when the score was 72 at the end of 8 overs. Aqeeb played an outstanding innings with a mix of maturity to carry his bat , 58*(54 balls). Raju the No.3 displayed a clinical batting , 16 ( 16 Balls) before he was unfortunately run out. Later Madhav joined Aqeeb to polish off the match. Well deserved Aqeeb was judged as Man of the Match.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

NCR excells in the thriller

Match: NCR vs. WIPRO on Dec. 10th 2011 from 1:30 - 4:30 at Gurukul Grounds
Toss: Won by WIPRO and elected to bat
The match was reduced to 17 overs a side due to wet pitch conditions

Wipro Batting: 114/8 in 17 overs
NCR opened the bowling attack with a magical spell from Suryavir in-swinging the ball as usual. Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery getting Wipro's captain(Sree) bowled in his first over. Rajesh Joshi who stepped in next watched the ball closely of Suryavir in-swinging deliveries. Rajesh was patient and rotated the Strike,putting odd ball to fence with beautiful flick shots. Suryavir claimed his second wicket(Ankur) in his second over plumb-in front with another excellent full length delivery.
Sumith who stepped in next continued to support to Rajesh but didn't last long and was out for another good length ball of Kranthi for LBW. Kranthi was almost unplayable in his initial spell with excellent out-swingers. Dr.Gopal came in 3rd down started to build the partnership with Rajesh and glancing the odd balls to fence.
Dr.Gopal was very aggressive and continued to rotate the strike and pulling bad balls to boundaries scoring most of the runs leg side. He was finally bowled for a straight ball from Kranthi.Dr.Gopal Scored 34 runs (5 fours) leaving Wipro at 107/4 at the end of 15 overs. Rajesh was impressive with a well made 29 runs(3 fours) was out in 16th over of Suryavir bowling.
Suryavir and Uday bowled the last 2 overs and claimed 2 wickets each and Wipro made a decent total of 114/8 at the end of 17 overs. NCR put a good show on-field collecting all catches cleanly and also some good work on field & some dot balls in slog overs saved valuable runs which proved crucial.

NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 4/27(4 overs) & Kranthi 2/15(4 overs) were impressive.

NCR Batting: 116/8 in 17 overs.
NCR opened the innings with Naveen Padala and Sateesh;with Naveen Padala on Strike. It was a strategy to change the order and swap the positions which worked well for NCR. Naveen hit a beautiful shot in the 2nd over which reached boundary very quickly. Naveen tried to tick the scoreboard quickly & lofted a good length ball by Dinesh which went high-up in the air,Sree was well positioned to collect;However, the ball scooped out of his hands and was caught on 2nd attempt by Ganga who was close to him. Uday who stepped in next took calculated risks and started to build partnership. Sateesh was bowled for a good in-swinging ball from Ganga.
Prasad was in for the next wicket continued to build partnership with Uday putting odd balls to fence and continued to play on the merit of the balls. Prasad started to hit the boundaries once he was comfortable middling the ball. The partnership was going and NCR was scoring almost 7 runs/over.NCR was going well and was at 61/2 in 9 overs needing 54 runs in 8 overs.
Uday 10 runs (2 fours) was stumped with some good work from Bharani trying to clear the fence stepped out of crease in Rajesh bowling. Pradeep was in next and started to build the partnership with Prasad taking calculated risks. Prasad 23 runs (3 fours) was plumb in front of an excellent yorker from Rajesh. Pradeep 20 runs (2 fours 1 six) was out for an excellent catch by Rajesh trying to clear fence of Sree Bowling.
NCR was at 92/5 at the end of 13 overs requiring 23 runs in the last 4 overs. Kranthi and Naveen C were at crease taking the responsibility of rotating the strike and taking NCR home with Singles. Naveen C was bowled for an excellent delivery by Arun leaving NCR at 96/6 in 14 overs.
KVB Reddy and Kranthi continued to rotate the strike and was successful in taking singles respecting the good balls. The match was evenly balanced at the end of 15 overs with NCR needing 11 runs of 12 balls.
Here comes the final over from Ganga where he was almost unplayable and NCR could only manage 3 singles of his over needing 8 runs in the final over with 4 wickets in hand.
The last over was suspense and Dr.Gopal was given to win the match for Wipro.

The 6 balls went like this:
1st ball - Kranthi was on-strike and took a single. NCR need 7 runs in 5 balls.

2nd ball - Reddy took another good run giving Kranthi the Strike.NCR need 6 runs in 4 balls.

3rd ball - Dot ball.The arm ball from Dr.Gopal was quick enough to beat the batsman and get into the safe hands to Keeper.

NCR need 6 runs in 3 balls.

4th ball - Kranthi tried for a big shot.However the ball scooped in air near the pitch and Dr.Gopal took an excellent Single handed running catch taking Wipro almost HOME. Reddy crossed Kranthi by the time the catch was taken and Reddy was ready to take strike for the 5th ball. NCR need 6 runs in 2 balls.

5th ball - Reddy tried to clear the fence but couldn't succeed and ball was inside the 30yrd circle.Reddy wanted to take the strike for the final ball and took a risky run committing himself a suicide run out. NCR need 5 runs of the last ball.

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Tensions all-round and all the fielders were on the edge of the boundaries to save the ball.Wipro were almost there.....and required one good ball to finish the formalities from Wipro's senior-most bowler Dr.Gopal. However,the batsman who stepped in at 9th wicket Hemachandra had other thoughts.

6th ball - Dr.Gopal put a good length ball and Hema went onto the Line of ball and connected the ball right of the middle of the bat. The moment it hit the bat produced the sweet sound and the time the ball was in air gave enough confidence of clearing the outer ring of Gurukul Cement Boundary.Everyone from NCR ran down to the Pitch to lift Hemachandra,winning the match for NCR hitting last ball to Six;
"NCR's Miandad" and cheers alround :-)
Many people on Ground literally had hearts in their mouth and relaxed only after that shot. It was a sensational match in NCR History to Win the match off the last ball thriller and this Victory against Wipro will remain as one of greatest Wins for NCR in Corporate History and truly recorded in NCR's Hall of Fame.
Congratulations for NCR Squad for winning this historical win(last ball six) against Wipro(one of the best corporate teams in Hyderabad).
Even though NCR lost against IBM,Polaris,Zen,Trianz in HSCL at league stage;will stay in-hunt for the Semi-finals chance with one match remaining with Siemens with 8 points in hand currently.

Wipro Bowling:
Ganga - 1/14(4 overs) ; Arun - 1/21(4 overs); Sree - 1/12(2 overs) were impressive.
Result: NCR won the match by 2 wickets.
Man of the Match: Suryavir Singh.
Suryavir Singh was named "Man of the Match" for his excellent bowling figures of 4/27 taking 4 crucial wickets of Wipro and Cheers all-round.

Honeywell starts with decent win

Week 6 – Honeywell Vs Siemens
Date: 11/12/2011
Match Summary:

Background – Honeywell having lost 5 matches in a row was playing for pride. The match was very crucial to ZEN, Wipro and Siemens as they were battling for 3rd and 4th slot.

Siemens Batting:
The toss was won by Siemens and Azar (Siemens) choose to bat first. Honeywell opened the bowling with Rakesh and Lenin. Both struggled to contain the swinging ball. However an excellent piece of wicket keeping by Sam (Raju Sukuri) had Santosh stumped in the 2nd over. Further Honeywell came up with impressive bowling by Pavan and Ragavendra, sticking to bowling within line and with variations which had made the batsman choke for runs and ended up dismissing the top order and middle order batsman. Tulasi (Siemens) was hanging around with some lustly blows as he was witnessing the batting collapse at the other end. At the end of 11 over Siemens was 7 down for a score of 84 runs. Srini (Honeywell) was introduced in to the bowling attack in 12th over which had Tulasi (Siemens) caught by Rakesh in mid on due to a miss hit. Srini returned in the 14th over to finish of the tail as he dismissed Devi and Prem in consecutive balls to end the Siemens innings at 87 runs all out in 13.4 Over’s.

Honeywell Batting:
Honeywell opened with Sampath and Sam (Raju Sukuri), Sampath edged the very first ball of the innings from Santosh which was let off from wicket keeper Mohan. Siemens bowler’s continued their bowling with precise line and length and Prem (Siemens) had dismissed Sam(Honeywell) in the second over brilliantly caught by Santosh (Siemens). Siemens bowlers Santosh, Prem, Azar and Rajesh bowled their heart out in the first 10 overs. Shastha had walked in after the dismissal of Sam. Both Shastha and Sampath ensured that they kept the good balls out with extreme caution. Siemens on the other hand defending a small total of 87 ran out of good bowler’s to threaten Honeywell Batsman. Honeywell after 10 over was 37 / 1. Shastha after negating the good bowling soon found his shots striking 2 boundaries of Vignesh (Siemens) simplifying the equation who was ably guided from Sampath who struck 34 of 41 balls with 3 boundaries. However on a day where wickets fell in quick succession, having negated the good bowling early on by Siemens and striking 7 boundaries, scoring 44 Runs of 41 balls Shastha was adjudged as Man of the Match.

Zen going stronger every match

Match Summary:
Date: 11-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams:Zen Vs Trianz
Toss won by - Trianz and elected to Bowl first.

Zen Innings:
One more time 'Zen' openers gave a good start to the team by getting 80+ runs partnership in the 8 overs,then Srikanth took the wicket of Amar- 31runs(21 balls).Another end Anil played superb shots to get boundaries in the form of 4's & 6's.In the 11th over Trianz got two early wickets of Gaurav & Ram.Later Naren joined the innings with Anil,both played well and Naren scored 32 runs in just 21 balls (2 sixes,4 fours).Anil played a memorable innings scored 97 runs(57 balls).Anil has come up with an aggressive approach and made a mammoth total of 196/7 in 20 overs.

Trianz Innings:

Trianz started well with the Openers,Ram took the first wicket (Sajith) .Another end Srikanth played superb shots to get boundaries in every over,later Ranjith who stepped down next entertained with beautiful straight drives and square drives.Srikanth continued the good work hitting loose balls to boundaries.Again Ram came back with second spell and took 2 crucial wickets of Ranjith and Srikanth in the same over.After that siva took 2 wicket in his 4 overs.Now ,atlast Trianz required 24 runs in 6 balls,Anil came with superb over & took 3 wickets in the final over.Finally,Zen won the Match with 18 runs.Really this game is pure entertainment for both sides.At one moment it will be on Trianz side,and after that its turns to Zen side.Srikanth,Ranjith & Sajith played a superb knock and keep Trianz hopes live,but Zen bowlers took the wickets in the correct time and keeps their hopes for the semi's Berth.

Result: "Zen Technologies won the match by 18 runs".

MoM : Anil was awarded "Man of the Match" of his 97 runs and took 4 wickets in 3 overs.This day is his day,superb knock by Anil

Polaris stands top in the list

Match Summary:
Date: 10-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs IBM
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and elected batting first.

Polaris Innings:
'Polaris' openers gave a confident start to the team by making 37 runs in the powerplay overs. Praveen opened his score with an excellent cover-drive, followed by a square cut over point and couple of leg glances. As usual, Naren gave a break-through to his team by making Praveen(17 runs in 11 balls with 4 fours) out in his 2nd over leaving Polaris at 38/1. Madhu joined with Susheel and ensured runs coming for every ball by finding gaps in the field. They added 36 runs for the 2nd wicket before Madhu being out by Aquib. Madhu scored 20 runs in 15 balls which includes a six over extra-covers..can say 'shot of the match'. 'Polaris' were 75/2 after 10 overs. When 'Polaris' in hurry to score runs, Naren struck twice and Madhav also took the wicket of settled batsman..Susheel. It was another good innings from Susheel(31 runs from 34 balls) to the team. Degula(13 runs) and Jaweed(12 runs) chipped in with some important runs in the last overs. Naren was excellent once again with ball and took 3/21 in 4 overs. Finally , 'Polaris' managed to score 128/6 in 17 overs .

IBM Innings:
Polaris were in control in the first 2 overs by giving 12 runs and Prudhvi taking the wicket of in-form batsman, Savi. Ravi joined with Aquib and they both made full use of powerplay overs. Scored 37 runs in just 3 overs and 'IBM' were 49/1 after 5 overs. They played some good lofted shots over the inner circle and put 'IBM' in formidable position with their stand of 42 runs in 4.1 overs. It was Niranjan's 2nd over which sent 'IBM' into deep trouble. He took the wickets of Aquib(22 runs in 18 balls) & Ravi(16 runs in 11 balls) and there was a runout in the same over. Both batsman were out for outstanding stumps made by Susheel. Niranjan took another wicket in his next over leaving 'IBM' at 62/5 in 9 overs. Seetaram and Praveen were into bowling, did not gave any chances and took the remaining wickets. Good bowling spells by 'Polaris' bowlers Prudhvi(1/21 in 4 overs), Niranjan(3/17 in 3 overs), Seetaram((2/6 in 2 overs), and Praveen (3/8 in 1.3 overs). Madhu & Seetaram took 2 catches each and a good catch by 'Arun' at Long-on. ' IBM' lost 9 wickets for just 22 runs in 6.3 overs and were allout for 76 runs in 12.3 overs.

As both teams were qualified to Semi-finals, went into this match with few experiments. It was anyone's match till 6 overs of the 2nd innings then, it completely went into Polaris's side. Susheel is exceptionally well behind the stumps & turned another match result. Niranjan took very crucial wickets in the right time once again. Totally, good performances from both the sides and another interesting match in HSCL-II.

'Polaris' won the match by 52 runs.

Praveen was awarded 'Man of the match' for his performance with bat( 17 runs), ball ( 3/8 in 1.3 overs ) and wise captaincy with correct utilization of resources in the field.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Polaris entering into Semifinals

Match Summary:
Date: 03-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Honeywell
Toss won by - 'Honeywell' and elected to bat first.

Honeywell Innings:
'Honeywell' openers started well but the partnership was broken in the 3rd over by Degula when he dismissed in form 'Sampath'. 'SaiPavan' and 'Varma' took a wicket each and the score has slow down then and it was 31/3 after 7 overs. Here, 'Shastha' joined 'Arun' and both played agressively and scored 31 runs in just 2 overs. Praveen broke the pair by making 'Arun(20 runs in 26 balls)' out. Honeywell were 68/4 after 10 overs. Immediately, 'Shastha(14 runs in 12 balls)' got out in Niranjan's bowling. Praveen and Niranjan controlled the score in the middle overs. One end, 'Pavan' made use of every single opportunity and sent the ball to fence and also rotated the strike well. At 15 overs, Honeywell stands at 91/5. Introduction of 'Chaitanya' and 'Mouli' made scene reverse as they both took 2 wickets each and a brilliant runout made by Degula. Honeywell lost last 5 wickets in a span of 2.5 overs just by adding 16 more runs to total. 'Pavan(28 runs of 23 balls)' played superb strokes before being bowled out for an in-cutter ball from Mouli. Good bowling spells by Mouli (2/6) & Chaitanya(2/10). Remaining bowlers(degula, Sai, Varma, Praveen & Niranjan) took a wicket each. Finally, 'Honeywell' were allout for 107 in 17.5 overs.

Polaris Innings:
Polaris started the innings slowly and continued the same by keeping the low target in view. Lost first wicket of 'Mouli(11 runs)' in the 7th over first ball when score was at 27. Niranjan joined Madhu and both steadied the innings. While Madhu punishing the loose deliveries, Niranjan played cautiously. Polaris were 51/1 after 10 overs. 'Pavan' bowled with good pace and did not let the batsmen to score runs. Bowled first 4 overs of the innings and conceded just 11 runs(1/11 in 4 overs). 'Arun(0/16 runs in 4 overs)' too supported well from the other end by bowling economically and being very straight to the wicket. 48 runs stand between Madhu & Niranjan in 8 overs was broken by 'Rakesh' in the 15 over by leaving 'Polaris' total to 80/1(after 15 overs). Yet another good knock from Madhu(35 runs in 38 balls) which consists of 80% of runs coming in boundaries in all directions. Military medium bowling and smart ground fielding by 'Honeywell' has created some tension in 'Polaris' camp though plenty of wickets in hand. But, Praveen(13 n.o. in 12 balls) showed the way to grab runs and Niranjan finished the match in style with a boundary for the 3rd ball of 19th over. Niranjan was unbeaten with 33 runs and gave 'Polaris' 8 wickets victory.

Polaris went in this match with four changes and all the new comers lived up to expectations of the team. It's Honeywell, fought for the match till the last ball despite of setting low target. They stick to the basics in the bowling and fielding and did not gave runs simply.

'Polaris' won the match by 8 wickets.

Niranjan was awarded 'Man of the match' for his performance with both bat & ball( 33 notout & 1/12 in 3 overs ).

Wipro gets back to winning ways again

Match Summary: Wipro Vs Trianz
Wipro won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Ganga and Dinesh started the innings and were absolutely unplayable right from the word go. Sajit and Anand opened cautiously.They ensured that no wicket fell in powerplay overs. Arun came in as first change in to the attack. He provided the first breakthrough and followed it up with another wicket in same over. Srikanth walked in next to bat. He started off very positively but in Arun’s second over, he played a ball onto his stumps. From there it was only Sajit who defied all odds and carried his bat all through the innings. Rajesh picked up 2 wickets and Dr.Gopal 1 wicket.

All in all Wipro was successful in holding Trianz for 69 by the end of 20 overs.

Sree and Rajesh walked to bat to chase the target. Sree got out in the second over trying to play an outside offstick delivery from Kalyan. Ankur walked in next but did not last long. And he too got out to Kalyan. Bharani walked in a no.4. He took his time in settling down. Rajesh at other end was fluent as usual. But Trianz never allowed the batsman to free their arms. Bharani and Rajesh followed in quick succession. Both made useful contributions of 16 and 14 to the score. It was left to Ganga and Dr.Gopal to finish the innings. Dr.Gopal hit the one and only six of the match. When it looked like Wipro will sail through quiet comfortably, a direct shot from Ganga resulted in the ball getting diverted by bowler and went on to hit the stumps. Dr.Gopal got run out. Suraj walked in next, but Ganga finished the match with boundary. Wipro reached 73 by 11.5 overs.

So with this win, Wipro not only garnered 2 points, but it also picked up valuable NRR, which might be crucial in deciding the Semifinalists.

Arun for his crucial spell of 3 wkts for 10 runs won the Man of the Match award.

Zen continues its winning streak

Match Summary : ZEN vs NCR
Zen won the toss & elected to bat first.

Zen Technologies Innings:

'ZEN' could not start well as they lost their Opening batsman "Anil' in the Second over. Kranthi who bowled excellent in-swinging deliveries and took wicket in his first over,after Surya took another wicket - Naren in 5th over. At one stage ZEN were 14/2 after 5 overs, Then Ram joined Amar. Both, played steadily by taking team score to 110 at the end of 14 overs. Ram ,got early chance of an easy catches ,but NCR couldn't take the catches, ZEN utilized the catch drops and accelerated the innings by rotating the strike and punishing the loose balls to take the score to 154/3 at 20 overs. Both Amar & Ram put 100+ runs stand for 3rd wicket before Ram dismissed in the 15th over. Ram(76 runs) played a key role. Amar was aggressive at the crease and played Superb shots to get boundaries.Once again Amar palyed a Captain knock & scored 56* runs(Not out) in 46 balls and stayed at the crease upto 20th over.Finally, Zen scored 154/3 in 20 overs.

NCR Innings:

Good initial overs bowled by Siva & Amar, where siva took first wicket in the first over of the innings. Kranthi(13 runs) & Uday(21 runs) played some good shots and tried to build the innings by taking score to 30/1 after 5 overs. Naren came into bowling and took 3 wickets,who is also contender for best bowler. Ram & Amar started their spell and took 2 wickets each. Pradeep(28 runs) at one end struck to crease and played diligently .He was bowled out for an excellent delivery from Naren in the 16th over . Overall, good bowling performances by 'ZEN' bowlers, Naren(3/28 in 4 overs), Amar(2/26 in 4 overs), Ram(2/20 in 4 overs) and siva(1/8 in 2 overs). 'NCR' bowled out at 105/10 runs in 18.2 overs.

MOM: Ram,who scored 76 runs and took 2 wickets was awarded Man of the Match.

Result: Zen Technologies Limited won the Match by 49 runs.